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Possible to watch a chat window for commands?

Posted 01 May 2013 - 06:57 AM

Hi, title pretty much says it all... lol.
I'm looking for a way to automate some chat functions and log. Is this possible in VB6? It's really the only language I'm comfortable with... but I've never had any of my programs interact with other programs...

Re: Possible to watch a chat window for commands?

Re: Possible to watch a chat window for commands?

Posted 01 May 2013 - 07:17 AM

Tough to explain, but no, not for spamming... lol. AN IRC bot would be the closest thing, only I don't actually want to input to the chat window. I want my computer to basically alarm me when specific things are said, so I don't miss them when I am gaming, for example, and log it in case I do anyways...

Re: Possible to watch a chat window for commands?

Posted 01 May 2013 - 07:29 AM

Ideally would want to find an api or some sort of back end hook to this chat window so you are not trying to scrape text.. because, let's face it, you are going to be occupying the computer's primary screen/active window with the game, right? It's a little hard for an app to even attempt to scrape text from some other app if it's not primary.

Re: Possible to watch a chat window for commands?

Posted 01 May 2013 - 07:46 AM

from first look, that could work... was really looking to play in VB a bit for oldtimes sake and do some stuff I've never done before in it than learn a new language/scripting software. The game chat log doesn't go far enough back, so I am looking to basically make my own.